Ka hoki a Darleen Tana ki te Pāremata, e oati ana kia noho tonu

Tuesday, 23 July 2024

Kua hoki mai te māngai pāremata a Darleen Tana, i panaia mai i te Rōpū Kākāriki, ā, e taurangi ana kia noho i te Pāremata.

Kāore tonu te Rōpū Kākāriki i rongo mai i Tana, i whakatau rānei mehemea ka panaia ia i te Pāremata.

Kua whakatūria e Tana he tari hou ki te Pāremata.

Kua whakamāoritia tēnei pūrongo e tētahi hinengaro rorohiko, ā, kua hihiratia e te kaiwhakamāori a Puna, ko Joel Maxwell, nāna te pūrongo i whakapai hoki i mua i te whakaputa hei pūrongo reorua. Nā Straker me Microsoft te hinengaro rorohiko i whakawhanake.

This story, originally in English only, was translated into reo Māori by an AI tool then checked and edited by Stuff kaiwhakamāori Joel Maxwell before publication as a bilingual news story. The AI tool was developed by Straker and Microsoft.

Kua hoki mai te Kākāriki o mua a Darleen Tana, ā, e taurangi ana kia noho i te Pāremata, i a ia e kēhua ana i ngā hoa mahi o mua me te karokaro i te whakapae mō te kaiapo i te kaimahi manuheke.

Ex-Green Darleen Tana is back and vowing to stay at Parliament, while ghosting former colleagues and eschewing blame over migrant worker exploitation allegations.

Kua hoki ia ki te taiwhanga tautohetohe mō te wā tuatahi mai i te ihu o Māehe i te Tūrei, ka mau i tōnā tūru hou i muri o te Whare. Engari i a Tana e kōrero ana ki ngā kairīpoata i muri i te putanga atu i te taiwhanga tautohetohe, ka kī a ia kāore ia i rongo mokemoke hei MP takitahi.

Tana returned to the debating chamber for the first time since early March on Tuesday, taking their new seat at the back of the House. But Tana, speaking to reporters after leaving the debating chamber, said they did not feel lonely as a lone independent MP.

Read this story in English here.

'Ko aku tūkapi ko they/them, kāore ahau e haere ko au anake,' te kī a Tana ki nga kairīpoata.

“My pronouns are they/them, I never walk alone, in fact,” Tana told reporters.

(Ko te wā tuatahi tēnei i whakamahia ai e Tana te tūkapi they/them. I te wā o te kōkirikiri, ka whakamōhiotia a Tana e te Rōpū Kākāriki me te tūkapi she/her. I pātai atu a Puna ki a Tana mō te mārama mehemea he pai ake te whakamahi i te tūkapi they/them, ka urupare a Tana: 'Nā te mea kāore ahau i te haere ko ahau anake. Tēnā koe.')

(This was the first time Tana has publicly used the pronoun they/them. During the campaign, Tana was introduced by the Green Party with the pronoun she/her. Stuff asked Tana for clarity if it was best to use the they/them pronoun, Tana responded: “Because I never walk alone. Thank you.”)

Hei tā Tana i 'tino pai te hoki mai' ki a ia ā, ka oati kia noho tonu, mō te wā katoa e taea ana e ia. I whakapūmautia e ia kāore ia i kōrero ki te Rōpū Kākāriki.

Tana said they were “pleased to be back” and vowed to stay on, for as long as they were able to. They confirmed they had not spoken to the Green Party.

I pātaingia Tana mehemea i whai wāhi ia ki te kaiapo manuheke, ka kī atu a Tana ki a Puna: 'Ko te mea e taea e au te kī mārika, he nui rawa ā tātou ko ngā kaiutu tāke moni e whakapau ana, e moumou ana hoki, kia kitea ai kua mārena ahau ki taku tāne kia pai ake, kia kino ake rānei. Ngā mihi nui ki a koe.'

Asked if they had been involved in migrant exploitation, Tana told Stuff: “What I can categorically say is that we have spent so much money, wasting taxpayers hard earned money, to find out I am married to my husband for better or for worse. Thank you very much.”

I a ia e noho ana i tōnā tūru hou i muri o te Whare, ka mihi a Te Pāti Māori kaiārahi takirua a Debbie Ngarewa-Packer ki a ia me te hongi - engari kāore he kupu pai i waenganui i te MP kātahi anō ka noho tahi me tana rōpū o mua.

As Tana took their new seat at the back of the House, Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer greeted them with a hongi - but there were no pleasantries between the newly-independent MP and their former party.

Kua pau i a Tana te nuinga o tana mahi pāremata i waho o te Pāremata, i te tuatahi i whakatārewatia mai i te Rōpū Kākāriki, kātahi ka karo ia i ngā pātai mehemea ka puta atu a ia hei MP.

Tana has spent the majority of their parliamentary career out of Parliament, first suspended from the Green Party and then laying low amid questions over whether they should resign as an MP.

I whakatārewatia a Tana i te Rōpū Kākāriki i te Māehe, i te whakaaturanga a Puna i ngā hononga ki ngā whakapae kaiapo kaimahi manuheke i te toa paihikara a tāna tāne.

Tana was suspended from the Green Party in March, when Stuff revealed links with migrant worker exploitation allegations at their husband's bike shop.

I whakaritea e te rōpū he ketuketutanga ki ngā mea i mōhiotia e Tana, mēnā hoki i rahua i a ia ngā tūmanako kōataata a te rōpū. Nō te mutunga o taua ketuketutanga i te ihu o te Hūrae, ka panaia a Tana i te Rōpū Kākāriki - engari ka noho tonu ia he MP.

The party commissioned an investigation into what Tana knew, and whether they failed the party’s transparency expectations. When that investigation concluded in early July, Tana was pushed from the Green Party - but they remain an MP.

Kua whakarārangitia ia e te Pāremata hei MP tūhāhā. I te Mane, ka kī te tari a te Pīka a Gerry Brownlee kāore anō kia rongo i tētahi whakahōutanga mai i Tana.

Parliament has Tana listed as an independent MP. On Monday, the office of Speaker Gerry Brownlee said it had not heard any update from Tana.

E mārama ana a Puna kua nekehia e Tana tōna tari i roto i te kauhanganui o te Rōpū Kākāriki, ā, kua whakatūria he tari hou ki te Whare Pukapuka Pāremata.

Stuff understands Tana has moved their office out of the Green Party caucus corridor, and has set up a new office at the Parliamentary Library.

I muri i te kōrero a Tana ki ngā kairīpoata, ka kī te kaiārahi takirua a te Rōpū Kākāriki a Chlöe Swarbrick e hiahiatia ana e te rōpū he wā hei whakaaro mō ngā kōrero.

After Tana spoke to reporters, Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said the party needed time to consider the comments.

'Kātahi anō mātou ka rongo i roto i te pāpāho e hiahia ana a Darleen Tana kia noho tonu. Ka huritao tō mātou uepū me tō mātou pāti mō te ara ki mua, ā, ka nui ake te kōrero i te wā e tika ana,' tana kī, i roto i tētahi tauākī.

“We have only just heard through the media that Darleen Tana intends to stay on. Our caucus and party will be taking next steps with this in mind and will have more to say in due course,” she said, in a statement.

I kī a Ngarewa-Packer kāore rātou i kōrerorero mō tā Tana uru ki Te Pāti Māori. I huatau te kaiārahi o Aotearoa Tuatahi Winston Peters, ka uru pea a Tana ki Te Pāti Māori, i muri i te huringa a te MP takitahi i tana kīwhaiaro pāpāho pāpori ki tētahi waitohu Toitū Te Tiriti - he parani i whakamahia e Te Pāti Māori.

Ngarewa-Packer said they hadn’t had any conversations about Tana joining Te Pāti Māori. NZ First leader Winston Peters speculated Tana may join Te Pāti Māori, after the independent MP changed their social media profile to a Toitū Te Tiriti logo - a brand used by Te Pāti Māori.

I whakaūngia e te Rōpū Kākāriki i te ata Tūrei kāore anō a Tana kia whakautu ki ā rātou pātai mehemea ka noho tonu a ia he MP.

The Green Party confirmed on Tuesday morning that Tana had not replied to its questions about whether they intended to remain an MP.

I kī hoki te MP Kākāriki a Lan Pham kāore anō te uepū kia tūtaki ki te kōrerorero mēnā ka whakamahia te ture 'pekenga waka' hei whakahau i a Tana i waho o te Pāremata.

Green MP Lan Pham also said the caucus had not met to discuss whether to use the “waka jumping” rule to force Tana out of Parliament.

'Kāhore e kore, kei Darleen te whakataunga i tēnei wā mō tana haerenga tonu,' te kī a Pham.

“Really, the decision is with Darleen at the moment about how she proceeds,” Pham said.

Hei tā te kaiārahi Reipa, hei tā Chris Hipkins ka 'tika' ina ka whakamahia e te Rōpū Kākāriki te ture peke waka hei whakahau i a Tana i waho o te Pāremata.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins said the Green Party would be “justified” to use the waka jumping rule to force Tana out of Parliament.

'Ko te tikanga kia whakaatungia e te Pāremata te pānga riterite o ngā pōti i makaia i te pōti,' tana kī.

“The make up of Parliament should reflect the proportion of votes cast at the election,” he said.

I karangatia hoki e Peters kia whakamahia e ngā Kākāriki te ture peke waka, he ture i tautokona e ia i te 2018.

Peters also called for the Greens to use the waka jumping rule, a law he pushed for in 2018.

'Ko ia te take paerewa e hiahiatia ana te ture peke waka, i konei tonu, i tēnei wā tonu. Ā, kāore rawa he takunga hei whakaae i tētahi tangata kia whakahore atu ki tēnei,' tana kī.

“Here’s the standard case, why there’s a need for the waka hopping legislation, right here, right now. And they’ve got no excuse at all to allow someone to get away with this,” he said.

This is a Public Interest Journalism-funded translation through NZ On Air